Manuc Bey Mansion

Manuc Bey Mansion (officially Manuc Bey Historic Architectural Complex) is located in Hincesti, in the Republic of Moldova's west-central region. The structure was designed in the style of a French chateau, complete with a winter garden, watchtowers, and a park. There are the judicial officers' house, the countess' residence, Hunt's castle with the city's ethnography and natural history museum, etc in the mansion.

Though the building takes his name, it was not constructed by Manuc Bei Mirzaian, an Armenian diplomat and businessman, but by his successors - his son Murat, who started the construction of the manorial villa, and his diplomat nephew Grigore, who completed the work.

Manuc Bey Mansion was taken over by the Soviet Union after WWII. The mansion was originally modified to house a mechanization school and, later, a college. In the late 1950s, the mansion's stone walls, which surrounded the entire zone, were demolished. The secular villa was destroyed in the earthquake of 1986, and the rest of the buildings were declared damaged as a result of the catastrophe. The mansion was quickly demolished when a new facility was constructed for the college's pupils.

The existence of an underground communications network, according to the locals, is the most astonishing feature of the location, and rumor has it that these tunnels formerly constituted an entire city. Brick walls are still used to create circulation, according to recent discoveries. However, no one knows where these networks lead or how many mysteries and secrets they hold.

Location: Mitropolit Varlaam, 51, Hincesti 3401